Very though provoking post.
It seems we are getting ever closer to living in an episode of BlackMirror.

For sure blockchain tech is the way forward and for now it seems the Govt do not see it as such a threat. But they do have their eye on it ready to clamp down if needed. However, the longer they wait the stronger the blockchain movement and the crytpo.currency movement will become until it becomes unstoppable.
Networks such MAIDESAFE will be big in the future and possibly the BURST coin network, which is already being called "the working mans Bitcoin", and is probably the first truly decentralised altcoin at the moment.
Anyone can mine BURST on their laptop as it uses hardly any power unlike Bitcoin that uses huge amounts, and that makes it a true peer-to.-peer economy.

People are gradually waking up due to feeling the hammer of censorship banging on their door.
For the ordinary Joe or Jane who have never heard of the blockchain revolution, Steemit is showing to be their first door of entry and they are finding it liberating.
Only yesterday a newbie was desperately trying to find a way to by more steem, but she had no bank account to be able to buy Bitcoin.
I saw her question and directed her to some websites that sell Bitcoin without the use of a bank card or bank account.
People are waking up little by little.
We must keep strong and keep going and perhaps one day it will the collective "us" who wipe away the controlling forces from history.
Excellent thought provoking post - as usual.